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Clarified Rules In Montana Will Let Marijuana Dispensaries Sell CBD

Stakeholders said the now-abandoned rule would have inconvenienced consumers

Montana officials have moved to clarify rules for CBD sales which had threatened to ban the products from the state’s legal marijuana dispensaries.

The Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) eliminated a regulation that would have prohibited licensed medical and adult-use cannabis outlets from growing and selling hemp-based products, which they say was never intended in state laws. The canceled rule would have left CBD available at non-cannabis retailers such as convenience stores, where CBD products are hot sellers.

Misinterpretation acknowledged

DOR Director Brendan Beatty acknowledged during a meeting of the state legislature’s Economic Affairs Interim Committee Nov. 17 that the department’s interpretation of the rule had strayed from the intent of Montana House Bill 701, the Legislature’s cannabis framework. 

Stakeholders said the now-abandoned rule would have inconvenienced consumers who typically purchase CBD from cannabis dispensaries, and hit farmers in the pocketbook.

“We’re talking about people’s livelihoods at a time when employees are very hard to come by,” Pepper Petersen, CEO of the Montana Cannabis Guild, told the Montana Free Press. The rule “was fundamentally against the intent, color and letter” of the state’s medical marijuana law as well as a ballot measure approved by Montana voters last year that legalized recreational cannabis, Petersen said.

CBD interests and some lawmakers challenged the 2020 ballot measure over language intended to prohibit marijuana retailers from sales of alcohol and tobacco but which also inadvertently blocked them from selling CBD and other hemp-derived products.

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